Artificial fingernails for wear

ABSTRACT

A unit of self adhesive fingernails connected to a stepped base member by a neck only the arrangement being such that several units may be stacked one on top the other without the nails coming into close contact with one another.

United States Patent Eric Victor Aylott Welwyn Garden City, England [2]]App]. No. 016,248 [22] Filed Mar. 3, 1970 [45] Patented May 11, 1971[73] Assignee Eylure Limited Welwyn Garden City, England [32] Priority[72] Inventor Mar. 4, 1969 [33] Great Britain 311 11,395 69 54ARTIFICIALFINGERNAILSFORWEAR 6Clain1s,6DrawingFigs.

52 0.8.0 206/65K, 206/56AB, 132/79 511 mm B65d7l/00 50 FieldofSearch..132/79,73, 75, 88.5, 88.7; 206/65, 78, 79, 64 (K), 56 (AB) PrimaryExaminer-Louis G. Mancene Assistant Examiner-Gregory E. McNeil]Attorney-Blum, Moscovitz, Friedman & Kaplan ABSTRACT: A unit of selfadhesive fingernails connected to a stepped base member by a neck onlythe arrangement being such that several units may be stacked one on topthe other without the nails coming into close contact with one another.

I Patentea Ma 11,1971

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. 1 ARTIFICIAL FINGERNAILS FOR WEAR This invention is concerned with theprovision of a unit or rack of artificial nails shaped to form its ownstacking tray and which is acomplete and self-contained moulded unitincluding a plurality, e.g. ten artificial fingernails.

The unit of nails is primarily for promotion purposes during the sale ofself-adhesive fingernails, and is provided so that during the sale ofself-adhesive fingernails, and is provided so that a consultant can peelofi' a fingernail and attach the fingernail to the nail of a ladybystander. The fingernails in the unit or rack are preferably coatedwith self adhesive so that they may be easily fixed to a natural nail.

Self-adhesive fingernails if nor separated during transit will stick toone another and become unuseable, hence the method of a builtin"stacking tray to keep the nails apart and for easy dispensing by theconsultant.

According to the present invention we provide a unit of artificial nailscomprising a stepped base member and a plurality of artificial nailseach connected to the base member only by a neck of material, thearrangement being such that several units may be stacked one on' top ofthe other without the nails coming into close contact with one another.

In order that the invention may be clearly understood and readilycarried into effect reference is now directed to the accompanyingdrawings given by way of example in which:

FIG. 1 is a plan view of a unit of nails embodying the invention;

FIG. 2 is an underside view;

FIG. 3 is an enlarged section on line A -A;

FIG. 4 is a side elevation;

FIG. 5 is an end elevation; and

FIG. 6 is an enlarged section similar to H0. 3 with several unitsstacked.

Referring to the drawings a unit 1 of nails comprises a base member 2stepped at 3 and provided with 10 artificial nails 4 each connected tothe base member 2 by a neck 5 of material. It will be understood thatalthough we have illustrated a rectangular unit any suitable shape, e.g.square, circular, oval, diamond shaped and so on may be used. We havealso illustrated two rows of nails but again any number of rows orindeed any other arrangement of nails may be used and ten nails havebeen shown purely as an example and any number may be used.

it will be noted that when the units 1 are stacked as in H0. 6 with thelower edge 6 of an upper unit resting on the step 3 of a lower unit thenails 4 are separated from one another by a tain nails of more than'onesize.

- A unit of nails in accordance with the invention may be moulded in asingle operation from a suitable plastics material e.g. acetate andpolyethylene.

The invention therefore includes a stacked set of individual units ofartificial nails each unit comprising a base member with a stepextending around its outer edge, a depending outer skirt forming a loweredge and a plurality of artificial nails each connected to the basemember by a thin neck of material, the units being stacked with thelower edge of an upper unit resting upon the step of a lower unit, thearrangement being such that the nails do not touch one another when theunits are in a stacked position.

We claim:

1. A unit of artificial nails comprising a stepped base member and aplurality of artificial nails each connected to the base member only bya neck of material, the arrangement being such that several units may bestacked one on top of the other without the nails coming into closecontact with one another.

2. A unit according to claim 1 wherein the stepped base is ofrectangular shape.

3. A unit according to claim 1 wherein the stepped base is ofrectangular shape with two rows of nails each row being parallel to thelong sides of the rectangle.

4. A unit according to claim 1 which can be stacked above a second unitof the same shape with a lower edge of the upper rack resting on thestep of the lower rack.

5. A unit according to claim 1 wherein the nails are arranged to sit upabove the base members.

6. A stacked set of individual units of artificial nails each unitcomprising a base member with'a step extending around its outer edge, adepending outer skirt forming a lower edge and a plurality of artificialnails each connected to the base member by a thin neck of material, theunits being'stacked with the lower edge of an upper unit resting uponthe step of a lower unit, the arrangement being such that the nails donot touch one another when the units are in stacked position.

1. A unit of artificial nails comprising a stepped base member and aplurality of artificial nails each connected to the base member only bya neck of material, the arrangement being such that several units may bestacked one on top of the other without the nails coming into closecontact with one another.
 2. A unit according to claim 1 wherein thestepped base is of rectangular shape.
 3. A unit according to claim 1wherein the stepped base is of rectangular shape with two rows of nailseach row being parallel to the long sides of the rectangle.
 4. A unitaccording to claim 1 which can be stacked above a second unit of thesame shape with a lower edge of the upper rack resting on the step ofthe lower rack.
 5. A unit according to claim 1 wherein the nails arearranged to sit up above the base members.
 6. A stacked set ofindividual units of artificial nails each unit comprising a base memberwith a step extending around its outer edge, a depending outer skirtforming a lower edge and a plurality of artificial nails each connectedto the base member by a thin neck of material, the units being stackedwith the lower edge of an upper unit resting upon the step of a lowerunit, the arrangement being such that the nails do not touch one anotherwhen the units are in stacked position.